Olympus Unveils µ-7050 Compact Digital Camera

Olympus announced today the new µ-7050, a 14-megapixel compact shooter touting six Magic Filters, four of which – Drawing, Pinhole, Pop and Punk/Rock – can be applied to HD movies it can record. Soft Focus and Fisheye filters apply to stills. Olympus said the new µ-7050 is equipped with TruePicIII image processing engine which was …

Canon Announces New PIXMA MG8120, MG6120 Printers

Canon has announced two new additions to its all-in-one (AIO) printers: the PIXMA MG8120, pictured above, and PIXMA MG6120 Wireless. The new models feature Canon’s Intelligent Touch System designed to make it easier to navigate through menus and perform everyday tasks with back-lit touch sensitive buttons, and Full HD Movie Print that allows users to …

Canon Adds Locks, Barcode to EOS 7D Studio Version

There’s really nothing new – hardware-wise – with the just announced Canon EOS 7DSV, for Studio Version. It’s still the same good old 7D, but for studio work Canon has added some new features. The EOS 7DSV adds 4 levels of locking camera controls that allow an administrator to set up the camera and prevent …

Nikon’s ViewNX 2 Software Free to Download

Nikon announces that their ViewNX 2 software is available for free download. The company said ViewNX 2 offers improved functions and greater collaboration with my Picturetown, Nikon’s image storage and photo sharing website. The new software inherits its basic functions from ViewNX, Nikon’s image browsing and basic editing software. (But you don’t want that if …

Nikon Rolls Out Coolpix S1100pj Projector Camera

The Nikon Coolpix S1100pj is equipped with a small projector that’s 40 percent brighter than last year’s S1000pj model. Nikon said the new projector camera sports a 14-lumen internal projector. It claims to be able to project to a 47-inch screen size from about 7 feet away. The S1100pj also has a built-in stand and …

Fujifilm Announces FinePix REAL 3D W3 Digital Camera

The new Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 camera is for shooting high-resolution 3D photos and movies in 3D HD at 720p. That’s right, 3-dimensional high definition still photos and movies! Announced today by Fujifilm, the latest addition to the company’s FinePix REAL 3D system also sports a new Mini HDMI port for playback on most …

One Dozen Colors for the Pentax K-x DSLR

There are now 12 available colors for the Pentax K-x digital SLR cameras. The new colors chocolate, beige, olive green (shown above) and pink have joined the previously available white, red, navy blue, bright blue, orange, green, purple and black to complete the colorful dozen. US buyers may order the colorful DSLRs from the Pentax …

Sony Unveils E18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS Zoom Lens

Sony Japan has announced the new E18-200mm F3.5-6.3 OSS zoom lens for their E-mount interchangeable lens cameras. In use, it will have the 35mm equivalent zoom range of 27-300mm. The OSS designation is Sony’s version of image stabilization. The new zoom lens is designed for the new NEX series of interchangeable-lens still cameras from Sony, …

Canon Expo 2010 in New York, EOS 60D There?

Canon Expo 2010 is happening in New York City on September 2-3 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. This event, which happens only once in 5 years, showcases the full scope of Canon imaging, encompassing products in photography, videography, radiology, broadcasting and office imaging equipment. The event will highlight Canon’s advances in improving diagnoses …

Pentax 645D Gets Support from Updated RAW Codec

Pentax has released its updated RAW codec for Windows, adding support to the Pentax 645D medium format camera. The updated codec works with 32-bit Windows 7 and Vista operating systems, it does not support 64-bit computers. The new version of the codec now supports the Pentax 645D which began to be available in Japan in …